Alasan Ann
American-Gambian taekwondo athlete (born 2000)
Alasan Ann (born September 29, 2000) is an American-Gambian taekwondo practitioner. He qualified to represent The Gambia at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Ann was born on September 29, 2000, in Maple Grove, Minnesota, where he grew up. His father is from The Gambia and his mother from Liberia, having met him when he was part of an international force fighting the First Liberian Civil War. After his parents separated, Ann lived two years in Gambia with his father before returning to Minnesota. He first played football before being enrolled in taekwondo classes when he was age six. He started training with Grandmaster Eui Lee at Maple Grove's World Taekwondo Academy when he was age seven. As a youth, he was selected several times for the U.S. national team in his age group, including winning the Pan American junior championship in 2016. He also won gold at the 2016 US Open, bronze at the 2016 Mexico Open, gold at the 2017 US Open and bronze at the 2017 Pan American Championships in the 78 kg youth category.
Ann graduated from Maple Grove Senior High School.
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